EUROPE PAINTBALL

ASSOCIATION

Equipment

Paintballers love their gadgets – get down to your nearest shop or click on the EUPBA Member's Directory to discover the whole world of wonderful paintball equipment out their; from body armour to remote activated anti-personnel paint mines (seriously).

On a standard day at any of our accredited member sites, you can expect to have access to the following top of the range paintball equipment:

Goggles

Hopper

Marker

Gloves

Body Armour

Battle Packs

OverAlls

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Googles

Your most important and essential piece of equipment. The face mask must be a either a goggle covering a minimum of the eyes and face, fastened around the head with a band or the 'peanut shell' or full head mask offering a complete protection of the entire face and back of head. There are various models in use throughout United Kingdom. The UKPBA recommends all children under the age of 16 be issued with the full head mask to offer additional protection.

Your face mask will be worn at all times during the paintball games unless you are in safe zone of the base camp where no markers are present.

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Hopper

The Hopper contains the paintballs and feeds them into the market each time you fire a shot. You simply reload the hopper with additional paintballs when you need them.

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Marker

The particular model of marker may vary between different paintball centres but may generally be semi automatic and velocity tested to adhere the safety regulations. the most commonly use marker in United Kingdom is the tippmann98 or more superior MK 2. Some paintball centres offer marker upgrades for those players wanting an added advantage over their opponents.

The propellant that allows the marker to fire the paintballs is a bottle of either co2 gas or compressed air which field staff will attach the markers before issuing to players. Recently compressed air has become the most commonly used propellent. C02 can be subject to changes in outside air temperatures where as compressed air provides more consistent and stable pressure, making this the more reliable option, it is more environmentally friendly.

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Gloves

Most centers have armoured gloves for purchase or you can bring your own gloves to wear. This is personal preference - some people prefer to play without them as they can grip the gun better, whereas others prefer the added protection from potential shots to the hands.

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Body Armour

Provides full protection of your chest and back and allows you to get right into the action without any concern for the sting of that first shot.

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Battle Packs

For the more trigger happy, this allows you to carry extra ammunition onto the field so you can refill your hopper throughout the game and not miss a moment of action.

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OverAlls

Protective covering for your clothing, You will usually also have a coloured arm band to identify and distinguish members of each team.

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